European Central Bank

'Climate risks demand immediate attention': How extreme weather could wipe almost five per cent off Europe's GDP

Risk

'Climate risks demand immediate attention': How extreme weather could wipe almost five per cent off Europe's GDP

New analysis from group of central bankers and financial experts concludes delivering on EU's net zero policies could largely guard against projected climate-related losses

clock 10 July 2025 • 6 min read
Study: Failure to integrate climate and nature policy heightens economic risk

Risk

Study: Failure to integrate climate and nature policy heightens economic risk

First-of-its-kind analysis warns keeping nature and climate policy and transition planning separate is 'misguided'

clock 20 November 2024 • 2 min read
European Central Bank reports drop in carbon intensity of corpoate bond purchases

Investment

European Central Bank reports drop in carbon intensity of corpoate bond purchases

Central bank notes it is on a 'decarbonisation pathway' thanks to ongoing emissions reduction of portfolio companies and new green investment policy

clock 28 March 2023 • 2 min read
'Serious prudential risk': How EU banks' climate risk provisions are threatening European financial stability

Investment

'Serious prudential risk': How EU banks' climate risk provisions are threatening European financial stability

European Central Bank has urged banks to step up their climate risk assessments, after major benchmarking exercise reveals sector is poorly prepared for escalating impacts

clock 24 November 2021 • 6 min read

Taxation

G20 finance ministers back carbon pricing as key tool to tackle climate crisis, but climate funding moves prove elusive

At G20 meeting in Venice, finance ministers conclude that climate pricing is among raft of tools that can be deployed to tackle climate change

clock 12 July 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

ClientEarth sues Belgian National Bank over high-carbon corporate lending policies

Lawyers allege European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme undermines the EU’s emission reduction commitments because it favours high emitting companies

clock 13 April 2021 • 3 min read

Risk

G20 central banks failing to turn climate advocacy into action, research finds

Despite growing focus on risk disclosure and green investing, few central banks have taken concrete actions to cut off support for fossil fuels, Positive Money claims

clock 31 March 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Central banks should adopt explicit net zero strategies, economists argue

Research led by LSE and SOAS academics argues central banks hold significant sway over the wider financial system's ability to reach net zero

clock 15 March 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

'Time to pull the plug': Is pressure on coal-investing banks starting to deliver results?

High street banks such as Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered are facing growing pressure from activists, shareholders and potentially regulators over their links to to coal and potential stranded asset risk

clock 02 March 2020 • 7 min read

Investment

Christine Lagarde makes climate pitch for European Central Bank top job

Chair of the International Monetary Fund promises to embed climate considerations into central bank thinking

clock 05 September 2019 • 3 min read